This article is about the daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. For the late wife of President
Kennedy's son, see
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is
the daughter and only surviving child of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis. Her brother John F. Kennedy, Jr. died in a plane crash in 1999.
Early life
Kennedy was born in New York, New York and lived in Washington, DC in Georgetown until
just after her third birthday, when her family moved to the White House. After the
assassination of her father in November 1963, she moved with her mother and brother in mid 1964 to New York City, in
the penthouse apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
In 1967, she christened the U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier USS John F.
Kennedy, which was in active service until March 23, 2007.
Education
She graduated from Radcliffe College/Harvard University and Columbia Law School, after completing her education at Brearley
School and Convent of the Sacred Heart, and
Concord Academy in Massachusetts.
Marriage
After interning with her uncle U.S. Senator Edward
Kennedy, and at The New York Daily News, Caroline Kennedy began work
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York in 1980, where she met her husband, the exhibit designer Edwin
Schlossberg.[1]
Children
They have two daughters and one son:
- Rose Kennedy Schlossberg, born on June 25, 1988 in
New York City, New York (named after her great-grandmother Rose Kennedy)
- Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, born on May 5, 1990 in
New York City, New York (named after Edwin's grandmother and his former colleague, the
lithographer Tatiana Grossman)
- John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, born on January 19, 1993
in New York City, New York (named after his maternal grandfather and his maternal
grandmother's maiden name)
Kennedy lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with her husband and family. Her husband
is president of Edwin Schlossberg Inc., a multi-disciplinary design company that specializes in interactive exhibit design and
museum master-planning.
Death of her mother
Upon her mother Jacqueline's death in 1994, Kennedy was instrumental in
planning a private funeral service, when there were plans in progress for a more public event. The funeral was instead an
invitation-only event, attended by mostly family and close friends.
Work
Kennedy is an attorney, editor, and writer.
Kennedy and Ellen Alderman have written two books together on civil liberties:
- In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights In Action (1990) and
- The Right to Privacy (1995)
On her own, she has edited these New York Times best-selling volumes:
- A Patriot’s Handbook
- The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children
- Profiles in Courage for Our Time
She is one of the founders of the Profiles in Courage Award, given annually
to a person who exemplifies the type of courage examined in her father's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name. The award
is generally given to elected officials who, acting in accord with their conscience, risk their careers by pursuing a larger
vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or powerful pressures from their constituents.
In May 2002, she presented an unprecedented Profiles in Courage Award to representatives of the
NYPD, the New York City
Fire Department, and the military as representatives of all of the people who acted to save the lives of others during the
terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.[1]
Kennedy is currently President of the Kennedy Library Foundation, a Director
of both the Commission on Presidential Debates and of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Honorary Chairman of the
American Ballet Theatre. Kennedy is also an adviser to the Harvard Institute of
Politics, a living memorial to her father.
In addition, Kennedy has represented her family at the funeral services of former Presidents Ronald Reagan in 2004 and Gerald Ford
in 2007, and at the funeral service of former First Lady Lady
Bird Johnson in 2007.
Caroline Kennedy also represented her family at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock, Arkansas in November, 2004.
Portrayals of Caroline Kennedy
- Kirsten Bishop in America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy, Jr. Story (2003,
TV)
- Alexandra Blasius in Timequest (2002)
- Maggie Castle in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000, TV)
- Rachel Merritt in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000, TV)
- Jacqueline Relke in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000, TV)
- Amanda Tilson in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000, TV)
- Jennifer Van Dyck in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000, TV)
- Ashley Wyatt in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000, TV)
- Robin Morse in A Woman Named Jackie (1991, TV)
- Jessica Ann Durr in Kennedy (1983, TV)
- Hannah Fallon in Kennedy (1983, TV)
- Erin McElroy in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981, TV)
References
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